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Financial planning

Approved Product Lists help make advisers more efficient and keep the cost of delivering advice under control, according to the Financial Services Council....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed it is focusing on super funds which provide employers with inducements such as free tickets to sporting ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has banned Victorian financial adviser, Julie Hamilton from providing financial services for three years....

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Financial planning

ASIC has published a report with its approach and assessment of licence applications and professional registrations for the period July, 2016 to June, 2017....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that a number of industry funds have developed offerings that make them look a lot like platforms....

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People & Products

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought in an expert from Hong Kong to review the regime attaching to RG97....

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Financial planning

ASIC has banned South Australian financial adviser Ramana Rao from providing financial services for three years....

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Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has raised the possibility that some of the direct sales models being used by life insurance companies could breach t...

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Financial planning

A Government-backed Australian Securities and Investments Commission consultation paper has revealed the degree to which planners and planning firms will pay more for lic...

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Accounting

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released online guidance and information sheets intended to help limited Australian financial services licensees ...

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission obtained interim injunctions from the Federal Court against Superfunded and its sole director and shareholder....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled Financial Stewards’ AFSL, following the company’s failure to cooperate with surveillance by the regulat...

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Financial planning

Carwardine Financial Services has engaged an independent consultant to overhaul its compliance processes....

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Financial planning

ASIC has appointed a provisional liquidator to five companies within the Benchmark Private Wealth Group on orders from the Supreme Court of Queensland....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants to see the Bank Executive Accountability Regime extended to insurance companies and then an extension of its co...

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